Top Cash for Clunkers Trade-Ins

[gstreetcomic]

Yes that is very interesting. My first car was a 1977 Ford Mustang II Ghia which was the biggest example of why Ford stands for found on road dead. It was a royal piece of crap. The only redeeming quality to that car is that it was very smialar to the one Jaclyn Smith drove in Charlies Angels.

Well she looked good anyway

Originally Posted by doenut

Isn't it also interesting that seven of the top 10 are FORDs!!

[The GMan]

Originally Posted by gstreetcomic

My first car was a 1977 Ford Mustang II Ghia which was the biggest example of why Ford stands for found on road dead. It was a royal piece of crap.

That period of time was a difficult time for all American manufacturers. The Japanese cars were rising in popularity and Ford, GM and Dodge didn't know how to compete. It was also the time of the Chrysler K Car (a boring, vanilla car if ever there was one) the AMC Pacer (interesting concept, but you either loved it or hated it) and the Pinto (fire bomb on wheels) among a few other iffy American made vehicles.

[jetfuel]

...OH...the Pinto...the only car in its class that came with a dash-board St.Peter wrapped in an asbestos suit...

jetfuel...

[forestacademy]

Why is smart not on the list, For the same reason the Simpsons had a hard time competing wiht the Cosby show some almost 20 years ago, Not enough distrobution points.

If their was a smart dealer even every 150 miles they would most likely have made the list. But with many parts of the country filled with trucks and SUV's more than 200 miles from a smart dealer, its hard to compete.







Was that an obsqure enough reference?

[The GMan]

Here is the list by manufacturer. At least we're not last!


1. General Motors 18.7%
2. Toyota 17.9%
3. Ford 16.0%
4. Honda 11.6%
5. Chrysler 10.6%
6. Nissan 7.0%
7. Hyundai 6.6%
8. Kia 3.8%
9. Mazda 2.3%
10.Subaru 2.2%
11.Volkswagen 1.9%
12.Suzuki 0.4%
13.MINI 0.3%
14.Mitsubishi 0.3%
15.Smart 0.2%
16.Volvo 0.1%
17.All other 0.1%

GMan

[forestacademy]

I wonder how they came up with the manufacturer list.

GM and all its brands are under one umbrella
Chrysler and all its brands are under one Umbrella
Toyota and its brands are under one umbrella.

But Mini is by itself as is smart.
No BMW, No Mercedes on that list.

Seeing the Big three US automakers on top of the list is what the entire program was all about.

[Suze]

Originally Posted by forestacademy

But Mini is by itself as is smart.
No BMW, No Mercedes on that list.

That struck me as odd, too.


Back to the pinto - I had an orange one (anybody surprised?). We always called it the "portable 4 passenger stove".